I just completed 42 radiation treatments for scc of rt. tonsil(T4N2B)The doctors had wanted to give cisplatin and paclitaxel concurrently, but I refused at the last minute,due to mental issues with chemo (sat with mother through chemo,it only made her suffer more)and the statement made by ENT on day of diagnosis "this type of cancer does not respond well to chemo". This was a very tough personal decision and I fully realize it could have been a bad one. But if you do not believe a treatment will work it probably won't.So far cancer has responded very well to radiation, but must wait for 30 day followup on July 21 to find out how well it worked. Could possibly be facing neck dissection. A word of caution to anyone getting a biopsy,I was first diagnosed in April with T2N1 stage 2 SCC.In a matter of 2 weeks after biopsy I had T4N2B INOPERABLE cancer.The doctor told me he took several large pieces of tissue during biopsy.I will always wonder if a fine needle biopsy would have prevented normally very slow growing cancer from becoming aggresive.